sania mirza speech video, Sania Mirza AUS Open: I cry… Sania Mirza’s last speech in Grand Slam, tears flowed from eyes

Melbourne: India’s star player Sania Mirza ended her Grand Slam career with compatriot Rohan Bopanna by finishing runners-up in the mixed doubles event of the Australian Open tennis tournament on Friday. Sania has won six Grand Slam titles in her career, including three women’s doubles and as many mixed doubles titles. The unseeded pair of Sania and Bopanna went down 6-7 (2) 2-6 to Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos in the final at the Rod Laver Arena.

Sania got emotional after the match and could hardly hold back her tears. She said, ‘If I cry, it will be tears of happiness. I have two more tournaments to play but my professional career started in Melbourne. Expressing her gratitude to Bopanna, Sania said, “Rohan was my first mixed doubles partner. I was 14 then and we had won the national title. It’s 22 years old and I can’t think of a better person to end my career with. He is my best friend and one of my best partners.

The 42-year-old Bopanna has won a Grand Slam mixed doubles title in the form of the French Open. Sania, who is 36 now, had already announced that next month’s WTA event in Dubai would be her last tournament. She is India’s most successful female tennis player. Sania teamed up with Mahesh Bhupathi to win the mixed doubles titles at the Australian Open in 2009 and the French Open in 2012. In 2014, he won the US Open mixed doubles title with Brazil’s Bruno Soares. He has a good record in Rod Laver Arena.

She has won the women’s doubles and mixed doubles title here. Apart from this, she has also been the runner-up four times in the Australian Open. Sania said, ‘I started here in 2005 at the age of 18 and then I played against Serena Williams. I have been fortunate to come here time and again and win a few tournaments and play some good finals here. “The Rod Laver Arena certainly holds a special place in my life and there could not have been a better place to end my Grand Slam career,” he said.

The presence of his son Izhaan and other family members made the occasion special. Sania said, ‘I never thought that I would play a Grand Slam final in front of my son, so it is special for me. My four year old son is here and my parents are here. Rohan’s wife, my trainer and my family are in Australia, which makes me feel at home here. She said, ‘Cara Black has been my best friend and my best partner. I could not have achieved anything without all these partners and hence they are special to me.

The Indian pair did not start well and lost their serve in the first game itself. But both the experienced Indian players made a good comeback by winning three games in a row and soon took a 5-3 lead. Bopanna’s poor serve, however, forced them to go to the tiebreaker. The Brazilian pair found their rhythm and dominated the second set after winning the tie-breaker. Meanwhile, Sania could not hold her serve in the fourth and eighth games.
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